[spectre] Almost Cinema in Vooruit in Ghent from october 12 till 23

[Eva DeGroote]

In Almost Cinema, a collaboration between Vooruit Arts Centre and Filmfestival Ghent, artists from a variety of disciplines offer the audience a different take on cinema.
With performances, concerts and surprising installations, artists who take part in Almost Cinema dissect the ordinary cinema experience as they experiment with sound, image, light, space and movement.
The exhibition - of Almost Cinema will again wind its way through the Vooruit building and, for the first time, stray beyond the walls. Many artists come to present new work, as you can read on the following pages. Further on in this dossier there is more information to be found on live performances, concerts, a symposium, the alternative opening film and the festive ending.

Almost Cinema exhibition
In this edition of the Almost Cinema exhibition, visitors are encouraged to explore alternative landscapes and discover instruments that manipulate the way we see things.
Eye catcher at this exhibition is the new, breathtaking creation by Pablo Valbuena: a light sculpture projected onto a monumental façade. Bram Vreven will present his new kinetic sculpture 'Spin', sound artist Zimoun will show a new in situ creation. Also on display is the internationally acclaimed kinetic sculpture 'Studien.zur.Sehnsucht' by Kerstin Ergenzinger, which transforms a stack of rubber sheets into an ocean, organ or a futuristic landscape. Wim Janssen's 'Static' uses light filters and handmade pixels to create static (world premiere) and Ief Spincemaille's 'Reversed Blinking' offers the audience the chance to freeze the moving outside world in a picture (Belgian premiere). Eric Joris's Crew will introduce the project 'Bolscan' which takes the audience on a trip to a different universe.
Exhibition open 12-23 October 2010 (Mon-Thu 6 pm-midnight / Fri-Sun 2 pm-midnight); festive vernissage on Wed 13 October (with reception at 9:30 pm); free; in Vooruit,
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23, 9000 Gent (different locations + outdoor locations at walking distance).

Almost Cinema performances

Duncan Speakman
Subtle mob: 'As if it were the last time'
Thu 21 Oct 2010 - 8 pm (35') In town - free (please register)
Do you know that feeling when you're walking through the city with music in your headphones and you suddenly get the feeling you're watching a movie? Everyday life is transformed into a scene from a movie, the streets form the setting, passers-by become extras... Duncan Speakman's 'As if it were the last time' recreates that feeling. As you walk through the city, a soundtrack is playing on your mp3 player. A story unfolds, and you're given a command now and then, such as "stand still", "lean against the wall", "look at the shop window". Subtle, barely noticeable moves. Speakman describes his project as a "subtle mob". It's his alternative to the widely-known flash mob, under the motto "try to remain invisible". He invites a large audience to gather in a public space for a unique experience. Onlookers might not even notice that something is going on. A magical experience.

"Imagine walking through a film, but it's happening on the streets you live in"
"Try to remain invisible"
(subtlemob.com)

Want to take part? (STEP 1) Please register your email address on subtlemob.com, Duncan Speakman & Vooruit will provide you with an MP3 and a map with instructions. Or click "I like this" on facebook.com/subtlemob<http://facebook.com/subtlemob>, the MP3 and the instructions will be posted there, too. (STEP 2) Download the file onto your own MP3-player or phone. (STEP 3) Bring a friend, who has the same sound file ready, and turn up at the secret location at the specified time. (STEP 4) Enjoy the ride for 33 minutes. The city turns into the setting of a short story in which you are both actor and audience.
The project already took place in London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Aukland,... Participants raved about the experience!

"Capricious and profound, the experience definitely captures what it is to escape from the world for a little bit - then return and find that you see things just a bit differently." (The Londonist)

Full overview performances:
Wed 13 - Sat 16 Oct     7 pm and 10 pm  'C.O. Journeys' - Christoph Ragg & Joanna Baillie       Spectators step into a giant "camera obscura" (a sealed box with a small opening for light. What takes place in front of the camera is projected onto a surface inside the box). Ragg & Bailie take the audience on a journey where fiction and reality meet, aided by biographies and documentaries. But not all of these sources are reliable...
Wed 13 - Sat 23 Oct (not Mon)   7 pm and 10 pm  'Stillivingrooms' - Mirco Santi & Andrea Belfi  A small, but unforgettable living room performance in which old home movies from the 1930s-1980s are projected onto doors, windows, furniture,... Amplified subtle domestic sounds contribute to the intimate atmosphere.
Fri 15 +
Sat 16 Oct      8 pm    'Your brother. Remember?' - Zach Oberzan        A 'remake' of a childhood game: re-enacting Jean-Claude Van Damme films with your brother!
Thu 21 Oct      8 pm    Subtlemob
'As if it were the last time'   We all know flashmobs. Duncan Speakman now launches the "subtlemob". Almost Cinema is treated to a movie-like soundtrack in this unique experience, to be shared with other participants and passers-by.
Fri 22 +
Sat 23 Oct      7 pm and 10 pm  'White Out' - Naomi Kerkhove & Ruben Nachtergaele       Using no more than a black thread embroidered on a white sheet, Naomi Kerkhove manages to create colourful places and characters as she builds her own set. Multi-talented musician Ruben Nachtergaele of Kapotski, Boomfanfare and others will provide a suited, filmic score.
Fri 22 +
Sat 23 Oct      8 pm    'Koyaanisqatsi' - Ricky Seabra & Dirk Verstockt The cultfilm 'Koyaanisqatsi' (1982), for which Philipp Glass composed a hypnotising soundtrack, continues to influence artists today. Ricky Seabra and Dirk Verstockt place new images, spoken word and music opposed to the old message and aesthetics.


Almost Cinema concerts

My Little Cheap Dictaphone
'A Tragic Tale of Genius'
Wed 20 Oct 2010 - 9:30 pm Vooruit (Theaterzaal / Theatre hall)
'The Tragic Tale of a Genius' is MCLD's concept album which tells the story of a young musician balancing on the verge of madness and genius, based on the life of Beach Boy Brian Wilson. MCLD took home the prize for best album and best artist at Walloon music awards the Octaves. Mercury Rev, The Black Heart Procession and music critics already are big fans of MLCD's catchy rock songs. Join us for a thrilling and visually stunning concert!
Check myspace.com/mylittlecheap
Full overview of concerts:
Thu 14 Oct      8 pm    'Songs from my mother's knees' -  Octurn feat.
Mira Calix      Songs and objects from your childhood often bring back nostalgic memories. Brussels band Octurn joined forces with British electronica artist Mira Calix and visual artist Boris van der Avoort to dust off childhood songs and lullabies. They present refreshing versions of the songs in a surprising mix of jazz, electronics and ambient. An audiovisual trip to the past and future.
Sun 17 Oct      14:00   Blues Lee + dj The Balcony Jumpers      A Café Dansant with Blues Lee: tight and rootsy, catchy and shakin' with attitude. The musicians will be giving it their all, and we bet that you will too. After all, Blues Lee still is the best Belgian blues band.
Wed 20 Oct      8 pm    Tim Robbins & The Rogues Gallery Band   Actor, screenwriter, producer and director Tim Robbins has always thought outside of the box. He already composed songs for the film 'Bob Roberts', but now he has really revealed himself to be a gifted singer-songwriter. Robbins & his band will tour Europe with their strange yet rather wonderful debut album.
Wed 20 Oct      8 pm    'Intangible States' - Stray Dogs vs. Legoman    Premiere of the audiovisual performance by postrock-electronics duo Stray Dogs and Swiss video artist Legoman (Yannick Jacquet), who is well known for his work with the AntiVJ collective. Numerous stacked cubes will serve as projection surface. Check myspace.com/straydogstheband
Wed 20 Oct      10 pm   'A Tragic Tale of Genius' - My Little Cheap Dictaphone  Widely praised band MLCD will perform from their concept album, telling the story of a young musician balancing between madness and genious - based on the life of Beach Boy Brian Wilson. Join us for a thrilling and visually stunning concert!
Sat 23 Oct      10 pm   'Tribute to John Barry' - The Whodads   Who else has enough groove to cover the immortal film music of Barry, but the coolest bigband in Gent: The Whodads? See also: closing party.


Symposium

The Documentary Real
Thu 21 Oct 2010 - 10 am-6 pm Vooruit (Domzaal), English spoken, free
An initiative of KASK, Vooruit and Gent Film Festival, supported by VAF / Flanders Image
The symposium The Documentary Real invites artists and theorists to interrogate the ambiguous relation of documentary film to reality. To what extent can a reel of film capture reality - if this is possible at all - and when can we say that it calls a new reality into being? Do not most films oscillate between 'document' and 'argument'; that is, between representing, rewriting and creating reality? Moreover, what strategies do artists use to document our daily lives? Is the detour through alienation and animation perhaps the proper way to make an outright and truthful work? Do new developments in media art provide new opportunities for documentary artists? Finally, how do these artistic experiments and their problems represent the culture we live in?
Speakers : Cis Bierinckx (curator, artistic director Beurshouwburg Brussels), Stella Bruzzi (film theory, University of Warwick), Edwin Carels (curator, art theory, KASK), Marc De Kesel (Philosophy, Radboud University Nijmegen, Artevelde Hogeschool Gent), Katerina Gregos (curator), Johan Grimonprez (artist and filmmaker), Steven Jacobs (Art history, KASK & Antwerp University), Vincent Meessen (artist), Jasper Rigole (artist) and Duncan Speakman (artist).
www.thedocumentaryreal.kaskprojecten.be<http://www.thedocumentaryreal.kaskprojecten.be>


Opening Filmfestival Gent in Vooruit

Banksy
Belgian premiere, unique screening at the opening night of the Film Festival Ghent
'Exit through the gift shop'
Tue 12 Oct 2010 - 8:30 pm, Vooruit (Theaterzaal/Theatre hall) + discussion afterwards
In collaboration with distributor BFD / A-Film
"A film about a man who tried to make a film about me" is how the infamous British graffiti artist Banksy himself (?) describes his first feature. 'Exit Through the Gift Shop' tells the incredible true story of how Thierry Guetta, an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker, attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most well-known graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interview. As Banksy describes it, it's basically the story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed... A quote from a reviews in the US, where 'Exit through the gift shop' has been launched last Summer:
"Exit Through the Gift Shop and enter the mind of Banksy' - Banksy's quixotic debut film is not only a triumph of guerrilla marketing; it's the closest the anonymous graffiti artist has come to unmasking himself." (The Guardian)

More on the whole Almost Cinema program: vooruit.be/almostcinema


Eva De Groote
Music and media art | Arts Centre Vooruit | St.Pietersnieuwstr. 23 9000 Ghent/Belgium | fixed 0032 (0) 9  267 28 89 | mobile  0032 (0) 497 52 88 05
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